Tennis Terms K - O

• Kick serve – a type of spin serve that bounces high
• Lawn Tennis – tennis played on a court laid out on a grass covered surface
• Let – when the ball touches the net but enters the opponent's half of the court within the play area. The point is replayed
• Line Judge – a person designated to observe the passage of tennis balls over the boundary lines of the court. A Line Judge can declare that a play was within or outside of the play area and cannot be overruled by the players. A line Judge must defer to an Umpire's decision, even when it contradicts their own observations.
• Lob – a stroke in tennis where the ball is lifted high above the net with the intention of it going over the opposing player in the case of him being close to the net, thus nearly guaranteeing the point
• Love – zero (score)
• Love game a shutout game won without the other player scoring
• Match point – a situation when the player who is leading needs one more point to win the match
• Mini-break – to win a point from the opponent's serve in a tiebreak
• Mixed Doubles – a tennis game played by four players, two players are male, two are female, one of each player sex per side of the court
• Moonball – an extremely high lob
• No-Man's Land – the area between the service line and the baseline, where a player is most vulnerable
• Open stance – hitting the ball with the body facing between parallel to the baseline and facing the opponent; it is known as a modern technique.
• Out – any ball that lands outside the play area